Brief Life History of Narcisse Nelson
When Narcisse Nelson Arave was born on 14 October 1832, in Saint-Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada, his father, Rene Philip Arrivee, was 25 and his mother, Marie Genevieve Leroux, was 17. He married Susannah Aroline Wadsworth on 18 February 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 8 July 1906, in Basalt, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Basalt, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
- Nelson Alma Arave (entry for Arthur Le Roy Arave) in the Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1917, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1967
- Nelson Arave, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Arrivé: from Old French arivé, past participle of ariver ‘to arrive (at a destination)’, originally ‘to reach the bank of a river’ (from Old French rive ‘bank of a river’), hence probably a nickname denoting a newcomer to a community.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Nelson Arave
NELSON ARAVE 1834 – 1906 By His Daughter, Elnora Arave Cox – 1955 HIS LIFE STORY AS HE KNEW IT Nelson Arave was born December 20, 1834 in probably upper New York or lower Canada. He was l …
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